Floor Plan Zaha Hadid Vitra Fire Station
The fire station was the first international design work of zaha hadid and demonstrates her technique of mixing polygons with.
Floor plan zaha hadid vitra fire station. The fire station is the very first building complex designed by zaha hadid. Conscious of the existence of its own fire station vitra started renewing its complex updating its plan and design and searching for an architect to build a fire station. They even formed a fire brigade. 3 february 2016 by tom wilkinson buildings.
Introduction vitra s name is associated with a new interpretation of architecture. Birsfelden its headquarters switzerland and the vitra campus in weil am rhein germany have buildings designed by some of the world s most influential architects. Extravagance meets emergency response in perhaps the most famous fire station in the world. The building s obliquely.
Defining rather than occupying space. The vitra fire station designed for the factory complex of the same name in weil am rhein germany was the among the first of hadid s design projects to be built. Together with the basel fire services they assume the role of protecting the vitra campus. In 1990 zaha hadid took over this project and the construction began.
Today the weil fire services are responsible for the vitra campus. An initial study of the vitra factory site informed our designs for the vitra fire station a building conceived as the key element within a linear landscaped zone the artificial extension of linear patterns in adjacent fields and vineyards designed as a connecting unit rather than an isolated object.